We are here to ensure that every Michigan prisoner is treated fairly and their voices are heard. We are a resource and advocate for prisoners, their loved ones and everyone who believes that the human rights of prisoners should be protected.

Finding your way in the prison system can seem overwhelming. It's a system with multiple layers of forms, regulations and reviews. Advocating for even basic needs of health, safety and fair treatment can take time. While it may not be easy to find justice within the prison system,it is attainable. With perseverance, change does come and a prisoner's living conditions can improve. Justice and fair treatment can be found. We're here to help you find it.

A Prisoner I Care About Needs Help With…

We Want To Hear From You

In order to advocate for people in the system effectively, we collect information from people living in prison and their loved ones. Currently, these are some of the hot button issues we have been helping people with. If your loved one has been impacted by these problems (or any other prison related issue) please contact us.

Over-classification

Problems getting out of long-term segregation

Taser "misuse"

Problems accessing department recommended programs that help people gain to parole

NEWS &AMP; UPDATES

After 30 plus years of working from a sweet, little garage behind the Quaker House in Ann Arbor, AFSC’s Michigan Criminal Justice Program is moving to a bigger space in Ypsilanti. For many years, we have packed this place to the brim with volunteers and staff. From our little garage of justice, we have accompanied people who struggle every day in the often inhumane confines of prisons.

The Citizens Alliance on Prisons and Public Spending (CAPPS), the AFSC Criminal Justice Program and others are sponsoring a program about changing Michigan’s prisons along with a parole workshop at 12:30 pm Saturday, May 17, at Woodside Church, 1509 E. Court Street, Flint.

People in prison are in the middle of a really big bureaucracy. This bureaucracy is built on a lot of negative things including institutional racism, institutional sexism, banishment and punishment. It is only natural that it may feel like everyone is out to get you.